Archive for February, 2009

Gifted youths already know what they want to be when they grow up. They do not think about going abroad after army service, and they usually choose to study applied sciences, but when they are asked why they made these choices, they are not able to explain. Continue Reading »

Arnon Sofer, professor emeritus from the University of Haifa, supports the idea of building in Lachish as a means to counter the pressure created by the “encroachment” in that area of Bedouin from southern Mt. Hebron. It isn’t a political sort of encroachment, it’s a question of proximity, he clarifies: “The Arab laborer isn’t making a political statement when he seeks a place to live.”

The average Israeli wine tourist drinks almost four times the amount of wine that the average Israeli drinks. The Israeli wine tourist is young and academic. Self-fulfillment, fun, and enjoyment are their primary values; but knowledge of wine is not always there. Continue Reading »

Reports have been published in the international media on a new study at the University of Haifa that revealed: Worldwide, countries with the highest levels of artificial light at night also have the highest rates of prostate cancer. The study was carried out by Prof. Abraham Haim, Prof. Boris A. Portnov, and Itai Kloog of the University of Haifa together with Prof. Richard Stevens of the University of Connecticut, USA. Continue Reading »

Men who are exposed to artificial light at night have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer, according to new research by University of Haifa scientists just published in the journal Chronobiology International.

The analysis was conducted by Prof. Avraham Haim, Prof. Boris Portnov and Itai Klug of the university, together with Prof. Richard Stevens, a leading cancer epidemiologist of the University of Connecticut.

Research student Chana Levi and Professor Eran Vigoda-Gadot of the University of Haifa surveyed 192 women who work in the public sector in Israel. The purpose of the study was to observe whether women who had been sexually harassed would tend to leave their place of work, develop behaviors of work neglect or attempt to change the situation by means of taking particular action.

Cui Jian, known as the “father of Chinese rock,” became a star [in the 1980s], and one of his songs was an anthem for student protests in Beijing in 1989 that were brutally suppressed on June 4 that year, with hundreds, possibly thousands, of deaths.

Cui was effectively banned from performing throughout the 1990s yet remains a potent force, according to Nimrod Baranovitch, professor of Chinese culture at Israel’s Haifa University.